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** Homer himself. While he has become the TropeCodifier of {{Jerkass}}, he really does love and care for his family, as he gets really upset when they're mad at him. He also goes to unbelievably insane lengths to help his friends out.

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** Homer himself. While he has become the TropeCodifier of {{Jerkass}}, he really does love and care for his family, as he gets really upset when they're mad at him. He also goes to unbelievably insane lengths to help his friends out.out, and is even willing to come to the aid of people he absolutely hates like Ned Flanders or Patty and Selma if they need it.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'': Scrooge may be greedy and cheap, but it is shown many times that he does care about his family and friends. One good example of this is in "[[Recap/DuckTalesADuckTalesValentine A DuckTales Valentine]]", where it turned out that his family was what he loved most of all and not his wealth.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'': ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': Scrooge may be greedy and cheap, but it is shown many times that he does care about his family and friends. One good example of this is in "[[Recap/DuckTalesADuckTalesValentine A DuckTales Valentine]]", where it turned out that his family was what he loved most of all and not his wealth.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat is cynical, aggressive, rude and usually selfish, but deep down he really does care about Kaeloo, Stumpy and Quack Quack and will help them when they're in trouble.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':** Mr. Cat is cynical, aggressive, rude and usually selfish, but deep down he really does care about Kaeloo, Stumpy and Quack Quack and will help them when they're in trouble.trouble.** Stumpy. Despite being a [[SpoiledBrat spoiled]], annoying jerk at times, he does love his friends and he usually doesn't reach [[CatsAreMean Mr. Cat's]] levels of {{jerkass}} (not that that's a huge accomplishment).** Even [[AlphaBitch Pretty]] has moments of this, like apologizing to Kaeloo for insulting her in front of other people.

%%* * ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'': Lucky Piquel is a man who [[FantasticRacism hates toons with a passion]], but he's also a cop who is willing to help people out, has a family he loves dearly, and Skunky Skunk.is occasionally hinted to care for his partner Bonkers more than he leads on.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'': Snap tends to be crass, but he is shown to care for his creator Rudy and his friend Penny, plus he has a BigBrotherInstinct toward his fellow Rudy creation Blocky.

* ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'': Danny Dingo has shown signs of this, like in "Blinky And The Magician," where he gets a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified look on his face]] as the kids fake their own torture. Also, Blinky himself counts as one.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'': Danny Dingo has shown signs of this, like in "Blinky And The Magician," where he gets a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified look on his face]] as the kids fake their own torture. torture.** Also, Blinky himself counts as one.one.** So does Tico the Toucan after he stops working with the Circus Bros.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': PC Principal showed signs of this at the end of the 19th season's story arc. The character was first introduced as an intolerant, violent, extremist "social justice warrior" who put both Cartman (directly) and Butters (indirectly) in the hospital while even calling out Kyle for not being open-minded enough. But in the final episodes, as it was revealed that 1. his fellow PC fratboys were using their PC views to score with women, and 2. he was [[spoiler:being used as a pawn by sentient advertisements to help gentrify humanity out of existence]], it's shown that above all else he did truly believe in his cause to make the world better for the marginalized and less fortunate, and he helped drive [[spoiler:the ads]] out of South Park.

** Selma Bouvier is a thoroughly ObnoxiousInLaws to Homer, and was a bully toward Marge as a child, but she has moments of kindness toward him, she does care for Marge, loves her pet Iguana and her adopted daughter Ling, and many episodes about her revolve around finding someone to love.

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** Selma Bouvier is a thoroughly ObnoxiousInLaws [[ObnoxiousInLaws Obnoxious In-Law]] to Homer, and was a bully toward Marge as a child, but she has moments of kindness toward him, she does care for Marge, loves her pet Iguana and her adopted daughter Ling, and many episodes about her revolve around finding someone to love.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat is cynical, aggressive, rude and usually selfish, but deep down he really does care about Kaeloo, Stumpy and Quack Quack and will help them when they're in trouble.

** Skipper is a paranoid, sarcastic leader who holds a [[FantasticRacism prejustice towards mammals]]. However, at the same time, he is willing to help others and loves all of his teammates.** Rico may be a psychotic loose cannon of the penguins, but he also cares about them deeply. ** Kowalski is usually an InsufferableGenius who is willing to disobey Skipper just to satisfy his ego. However, in the end, he also acts like CoolBigBro to Private sometimes and can learn from his mistakes.

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** Skipper is a paranoid, sarcastic leader who holds a [[FantasticRacism prejustice towards prejusticed throughts about mammals]]. However, at the same time, he is willing to help others and loves all of his teammates.** Rico may be a psychotic loose cannon of the penguins, but he also cares about them deeply. is actually a softy once you get to know him.** Kowalski is usually an InsufferableGenius who is willing to disobey Skipper just to satisfy his ego. However, in the end, he also acts like CoolBigBro to Private sometimes and can learn he always learns from his mistakes.

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